GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00566
English
dataset
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2016-05-26
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
1.0
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
Rock samples collected from the Ellsworth Mountains, 2005-2006
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566
2016-05-26
publication
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00566
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=
200+ erratic and bedrock samples were collected for cosmogenic isotope analysis, as well as several depth profiles of tills. Samples were collected from 11 sites along a 350km transect stretching from Pirrit Hills in the south to the ridge between Mt Bentley and Mt Hubley in the north. Most sites were on the western (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) side of the range but includes Flowers Hills on the east side of the range, adjacent to the Rutford Ice Stream. Throughout, the emphasis was on taking samples to allow dating of any changes in ice altitude/extent.
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
custodian
Polar Data Centre
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
originator
unknown
NDGO0001
NERC_DDC
NERC OAI Harvesting
2016-05-26
revision
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Geomorphology > Glacial Landforms/Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Glaciation
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Isotopes
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Sediments
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Paleoclimate Reconstructions > Sea Level Reconstruction
EARTH SCIENCE > Solid Earth > Rocks/Minerals > Igneous Rocks
GCMD Parameter Valids
2016-05-26
revision
Geology
INSPIRE themes
2016-05-26
revision
Ellsworth Mountains
WAIS
Weddell Sea Embayment
erratics
glacial transport
rock samples
BAS Free-text keywords
2016-05-26
revision
All data are subject to NERC data policy.
otherRestrictions
All data are subject to NERC data policy.
English
geoscientificInformation
-96.22
-80
-81.1
-78.15
2005-11-15
2006-01-15
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
distributor
http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/research/research_projects/?mode=project&id=51
information
dataset
Conformity_001
INSPIRE
INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
See the referenced specification
false
The quality of the samples is excellent as the majority of the lithologies we sampled were quartz-rich sandstones and quartzites. Initial laboratory results confirmed that these samples contain abundant material for analysis.